Effie Damianidou

Effie Damianidou

Effie has lived on four different continents, so considers herself a global citizen. One of her favourite scriptures is Psalm 24:1 “The earth is the LORD’s, and everything in it, the world, and all who live in it” because it captures how God is the sovereign over all...
Matthew Karchner

Matthew Karchner

In 2010, the Lord called Matthew to be a pastor. Imagining pastors to be heroes of the faith, he felt inadequate and was easily discouraged from attending seminary. For 10 years, he procrastinated. Conquering feelings of inadequacy, the Lord empowered graduation from...
Tonya Peck

Tonya Peck

Life in Christ often resembles a roller coaster –  full of ups, downs and unexpected turns, but through it all, His story for each of us results in a uniquely perfect, God honoring ride.  As the owner and founder of Motion and Mindset, she has the unique...
Ava Ward

Ava Ward

“I thought I knew what I needed. I was confidently wrong.” As an intern at OneWay Ministries and a Bible student at Wheaton College, Ava guarantees that five years ago, she wouldn’t have recognized herself. Valedictorian of her high school class, Ava had to completely...
Raviv Dror

Raviv Dror

Raviv Dror was born in the last century in Israel, in a kibbutz in the northeastern region of Israel near the Jordanian border, 30 minutes from Nazareth, 30 minutes from Jericho, and 30 minutes from the Sea of Galilee.   Raviv grew up in the kibbutz under the...
Kristen Hale

Kristen Hale

 “Doctors called it incurable. Jesus called it done.” Kristen Hale is a former Mormon and author who encountered the living God in the darkest season of her life. After six months paralyzed in bed and two years battling heart disease (POTS), she was visited at a...